What is the meaning of MONKEY. Phrases containing MONKEY
See meanings and uses of MONKEY!Slangs & AI meanings
n 1. A person who is mocked, duped, or made to appear a fool: They made a monkey out of him. 2. Drug addiction: have a monkey on one's back.
Grabbing a school-mate, getting him in a headlock and rubbing your knuckles up and down his skull. Painful. "I got him and gave him a monkey scrub until his eyes watered.".
A person who must travel in the trunk of a car because there are no seats left. "Trunky monkies" sometimes get this punishment because of poor behavior; "You're the trunky monkey on the way home!"
morphine
cigarette made from cocaine paste and tobacco
An imaginary collection at the Zoological Gardens, which are supposed to receive care and attention from persons fitted by nature for such office and for little else. An idle and useless person is often told that he is only fit to lead the blind monkeys to evacuate.
Monkeys live in mangroves.
When a crew has been on duty sixteen hours and is caught out on the road, the monkey gets them and they are required by ICC rules to tie -up until a new crew comes. (See dogcatchers)
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Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.
Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.
In the days of sailing ships, cannon balls were often stacked in what was called a monkey, usually made of brass. When the weather got really cold the monkeys, being brass, would contract at a different rate than the iron of the cannonballs, forcing the cannon balls to fall onto the ship's deck. (A well-known, but far-fetched explanation.)
Walschaert or Baker valve gear on locomotive. Monkey house is caboose. Monkey suit is passenger trainman's uniform or any other smart-looking uniform. Monkey tail is back-up hose
to be addicted
methadone
The pass of a passenger who is riding free
PCP
Low-income housing with no air conditioning led to many blacks in the projects sitting on the porch to stay cool. It was said that they looked like monkeys at the zoo. The adults were called "porch monkeys," and the children were "yard apes."
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Slangs & AI derived meanings
wealthy, rich
crack
Adj. Used as an intensifier. E.g." I think the cat has crapped under the bed, as there's a proper stink in the bedroom." {Informal}
v. to lift both wheels off the ground by crouching down and then exploding upward, pulling the bike with you. Useful for clearing obstructions, such as curbs, potholes, logs. Differs from its older BMX & trials meaning - see jump.
Smooth hairless body.
Rube is derogatory American and Canadian slang for an unsophisticated countryman.
Goner is slang for a person or thing beyond help or recovery, especially a person who is dead or about to die.
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A small African monkey (Cercopithecus, / Miopithecus, talapoin) -- called also melarhine.
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A small South American monkey; a marmoset.
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Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Pithecia. They have large ears, and a long hairy tail which is not prehensile.
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Any one of several species of small squirrel-like South American monkeys of the genus Midas, especially M. ursulus.
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A South African monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus, / Lelandii). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked with black. The cheeks and belly are reddish white.
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A large monkey (Macacus silenus) native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo.
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A variety of the bonnet monkey.
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To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner.
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A long-tailed monkey (Semnopitchecus melalophus) native of Sumatra. It has a crest of black hair. The forehead and cheeks are fawn color, the upper parts tawny and red, the under parts white. Called also black-crested monkey, and sinpae.
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Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Cebus, having long and prehensile tails. Some of the species are called also capuchins. The bonnet sapajou (C. subcristatus), the golden-handed sapajou (C. chrysopus), and the white-throated sapajou (C. hypoleucus) are well known species. See Capuchin.
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Any one of several species of small, soft-furred South American monkeys belonging to Callithrix, Chrysothrix, and allied genera; as, the collared teetee (Callithrix torquatus), and the squirrel teetee (Chrysothrix sciurea). Called also pinche, titi, and saimiri. See Squirrel monkey, under Squirrel.
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A howling monkey, or howler.
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The squirrel monkey.
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A Brazilian tree. See Lecythis, and Monkey-pot.
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A South American monkey, one of the sapajous.
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One of the Strepsorhina; a lemur. See Illust. under Monkey.
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In a leaping position; springing forward; -- applied especially to the squirrel, weasel, and rat, also to the cat, greyhound, monkey, etc.
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A long-tailed, crested Javan monkey (Semnopithecus mitratus). The head, the crest, and the upper surface of the tail, are black.
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